Railroad-crossing apparatus



C. SCHWARTZEN.

RAILROAD CROSSING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1920.

5- Patented Aug. 30, 1921. A

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CHARLES SCHWARTZEN, OF KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.

RAILROAD-CROSSIN G APPARATUS.

Application filed May 28, 1920. Serial No. 384,966.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES SoHwAR'rznN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kenosha, in the county of Kenosha and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in RailroadCrossing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a railroad crossing apparatus and has for its primary object the construction of a railroad gate that may be more efficiently operated from a remote point and when in operative position will positively prevent the passage of a vehicle.

An object of the invention is the substantial manner of constructing the street gate and the manner in which the same moves to its operative position so that a vehicle will be positively held against passing onto the track.

A feature of the invention is the novel manner of connectingthe street gate to the pedestrian gate so that the two will operate simultaneously upon the movement of one of the gates.

With these and other'objects in view the invention will be better understood from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the relative position of the apparatus with relation to the track.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the street gate in elevation.

Again referring to the drawing illustrating one construction of my invention the numeral 1 designates a trough of any suitable formation or construction embedded in the earth to one side of the track B. This trough supports a shaft 2 to which is secured a street gate 3. This street gate i!; one of its constructions consists of a top 4 and bottom 5 so arranged that when the gate is inoperative the top a will form the top of the trough and when in operative position the bottom 5 will form the top of the trough. From this construction it will be seen that when the gate is in operatwe position any pressure brought to bear against the gate will be substantially taken care of owing to the substantial manner in which the gate is associated with the trough; thus it will be seen that a vehicle will positively be held against moving onto the track. To materially reinforce the gate I may in practice use the reinforcing strips 6 and the reinforcing portions 7. Arranged within the gate is a signaling device, such as an electric bulb 8, the circuit of which is automatically closed by the switch 9 when the gate moves to operative position. A cable 10 has one end connected to the gate and passes around the pulley 11 supported by the post 12 to any suitable point to be manually or mechanically operated. A coil spring 13 is connected to the gate in a manner to return same to normal position when the tension is removed from the cable 10. The pedestrian gate 1a is pivoted to the post asindicated at 15 and has a ball and socket connection 16 with the link 17. This link also has a ball and socket connection 18 with the gate 3.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawinging it should be apparent that I provide a substantial form of gate that may be quickly and efficiently operated from a remote point and when in operative position will positively prevent the passage of traflic.

It is, of course, to be understood that the invention may be constructed in various other manners and the parts associated in different relations and, therefore, I do not desire to be limited in any manner except as setforth in the claims hereunto appended.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. A railroad gate comprising a trough embedded in the ground, a gate swingingly supported within the trough and consisting of a top and bottom arranged at an incline to each other so that when the gate is in normal position the top will form the top of the trough and when in operative posi tion said bottom will form the top of the trough, a cable formoving the gate to its operativeposition, and a spring for returning the gate to its inoperative position.

2. A railroad gate comprising a trough embedded in the ground, a gate swingably mounted within the trough and consisting of a top and bottom arranged at an incline to each other so that when the gate is in normal position the top will form the top of the troughand when in operative position said bottom will form the top of the trough.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CHARLES SCHWVARTZEN. 

